Major League Soccer is visiting Sacramento to see if it could be the next home of a MLS team.

Major League Soccer is visiting Sacramento to see if it could be the next home of a MLS team.

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Updated: 6:04 AM PDT Sep 18, 2014

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WEBVTT THANK YOU. IN THE MEANTIME, TODAY IS AN IMPORTANT DAY FOR THE SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC FC AFTER A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT LAST NIGHT. THE OWNERS PLAN TO ACQUIRE LAND AT THE DOWNTOWN RAILYARDS FOR USE POSSIBLY AS THE SITE OF THE NEW STADIUM. ON THE LEFT IS WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE NOW. ON THE RIGHT IS THE STADIUM THAT THE TEAM WANTS TO BUILD. MIKE TESELLE IS WITH US NOW FROM BONNEY FIELD AS TEAM OFFICIALS WAIT FOR SOME IMPORTANT VISITORS TODAY. YOU COULD SAY THIS IS THE KICKOFF TO SACRAMENTO'S BIGGEST SOCCER SALES PITCH AS THE MLS IS EYEING THE AREA FOR A POTENTIAL TEAM. A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH RESPONSE TO THIS, THE SAC REPUBLIC FC GAMES SOLD OUT SINCE THEY BEGAN PLAYING HERE. LOTS OF EXCITEMENT, SO THOSE MLS EXECUTIVES ARE COMING IN TOWN TODAY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THE CITY IS READY TO MAKE THEIR SALES PITCH. AS YOU SAID, JUST YESTERDAY, THE ANNOUNCEMENT, A POTENTIAL ARENA, STADIUM IN THE RAILYARDS ALONG 7TH STREET. THAT IS SOMETHING TO BOLSTER THE BID ALONG WITH ALL OF THE ENTHUSIASM WE HAVE SEEN. YESTERDAY, THEY RELEASED THE ARTIST RENDERINGS OF WHAT THE FIELD MAY LOOK LIKE AT THE RAIL YARD. PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU CAN PLAY A ROLE. OVER THE TIME THAT THESE EXECUTIVES ARE HERE, YOU ARE SAYING THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE? WE ARE ON THE PITCH RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A FEW WAYS FOR FANS TO GET ENGAGED. WEAR YOUR COLORS, TALK ABOUT THE REPUBLIC ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND COME TO OUR EVENTS. THE MLS HAS MADE IT CLEAR THEY WANT TO MEET OUR FANS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE AIRPORT, WHERE SHOULD I BE? 12:20 IN TERMINAL A AT SACRAMENTO AIRPORT. BRING YOUR SIGNS, BRING YOUR SCARVES. PERHAPS THE SACRAMENTO CHEER? MAYBE AN I BELIEVE. TONIGHT, A BLOCK PARTY DOWNTOWN? YES, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS, WE ARE ABOUT TO GO INTO THE PLAYOFFS. WE HAVE A BLOCK PARTY DOWN THERE IN THE LOW BROW AREA. SOME MUSIC, AND APPEARANCE FROM THE TEAM. MAYBE WE CAN GET A FEW OF THE MLS OFFICIALS TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN. FAN PARTICIPATION, HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS DAY TODAY AND TOMORROW AND OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS? IT IS EVERYTHING. SOCCER IS ALL ABOUT THE FANS, HAVING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TEAM, AND EVEN THE OWNERSHIP IN MANY REGARDS. WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE WITHOUT THE PASSIONATE FANS THAT MAKE THIS AN INDOMITABLE CLUB. WE HAVE FANS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, SO IF THEY CANNOT BE THERE, I CAN GET ON TWITTER AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE KINGS. WE COULD DO SO WITH SOCCER. I THINK IT IS MORE OF A MATTER OF WHEN, NOT IF. LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN AND NOT WAIT. I BELIEVE THE FLIGHT IS COMING IN ON UNITED. BE READY AND BE LOUD AND SHOW YOUR COLORS. THE START OF THE DAY COUPLE OF

Sacramento prepares for visit from MLS

Major League Soccer is visiting Sacramento to see if it could be the next home of a MLS team.